The Light-Sport Rule establishes a new repairman certificate with two ratings (Ref: 14 CFR §65.107): Inspection and Maintenance. There is only one repairman certificate, but two ratings: The “repairman (light...
Author: Carol Carpenter
If you're curious about the types of folks who take the 15 day Light Sport Repairman Maintenance (LSRM) training course and what they do with the certification, you came to the right place!...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Brian Carpenter was selected by the National General Aviation Awards Committee as the recipient of the 2017 National Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) of the Year Award. The General Aviation Awards...
Module 1 (Core) is a sixteen hour Regulatory Maintenance Overview unit including elements on the ASTM consensus standards by which LSA are certified, requirements of the rules governing LSRM, record...
THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING OWNERSHIP In a recent repairman workshop I was looking up aircraft information for an attendee and was surprised to see the FAA registration was still in...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]FAA legal clarifies that a manufacturer may not impose additional requirements that are not contained in the regulations on mechanics or repairmen. schober - (2015) legal interpretation task specific training[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]FAA has indicated it will not give a gasoline "fuel allowance" to be credited against weight for batteries. Given that fuel weighs 6 lbs. per gallon, or 30 lbs. for...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This response from the Regulations Division of the Office of the Chief Counsel was a game changer- In the request FAA Legal were asked for a determination as to whether...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As expected, the adoption of the Sport Pilot/Light Sport Aircraft Rule in 2004, and the FAA interpretation requiring, in some cases, “Manufacturer’s Factory Approved Training” to provide service and line...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The response to MacMillian's letter of request to the FAA Office of the Chief Counsel and a copy of their letter of interpretation (LOI) is included with this article and...